The first Inauguration Day was on April 30, 1789, when George Washington took the oath of office in New York City as the first president of the United States. For many years, Inauguration Day was ...

Trump will speak before a joint session of Congress on March 4, 2025. Here’s why it isn’t officially a State of the Union ...

after the 20th Amendment was passed, according to the National Archives. Before that, Inauguration Day took place on March 4 or 5 (if the 4th fell on a weekend). The first-ever presidential ...

The gap between election and inauguration is much shorter now than it used to be, thanks to the 20th Amendment of the Constitution. That amendment – nicknamed the "Lame Duck Amendment ...

That was also the first televised State of the Union. Prior to the 20th Amendment, which in 1933 formalized the swearing in of new members of Congress to Jan. 3 and new Presidents from March 4 to ...